A Czech sci-fi classic from 1920 that is the origin of the word "robot". This episode has been a long time coming and I am very happy that it worked out to have Rudolf Rosa a researcher in computational linguistics as a guest. Rudolf is is also behind project "Robot writes a play" that was a special occasion to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the book R.U.R by using machine learning and large language models to write a theater play. This time about people by a robots. Join us on this episode to discuss the story of Rossum's Universal Robots, what really is the difference between people and robots and what does it mean to have a soul.

Notes:
00:00 Intro
16:25 Karel Capek
24:48 Spoilers and plot
01:02:40 Inevitable AI / language model discussion
#karel #capek #robot #rur #artificial #inteligence #ai #large #language #model #rudolf #rosa #gpt

One of the most popular writers in Asia, one of the most beloved detective mysteries in Japan. Can it live up to it's praise? Paul and I finally read Paul's wife's favorite book to find out.

Notes:
00:00 Intro
06:53 This is so Japanese
08:16 Mystery is an obsession in Japan
11:04 Why don't we read more detective stories?
19:28 Spoilers and Plot
#devotion #suspect #x #keigo #higashino #crime #mystery #detective #galileo #japan

On this episode we look at the whole series and consider it as a whole. To follow our tradition with book series we put together some lists:
- All 6 books from worst to best
- Top 5 best and worst things about the Dune series
- Top 5 biggest nonsensical things in the series
- Top 3 Quotes
- Top 5 tips how to pick up women by Duncan Idaho 00:00 Intro

03:13 Is this the best book series?

07:04 All 6 Books from worst to best

17:39 Top 5 Best

34:56 Tob 5 Worst

43:33 Top 5 Random Nonsense!

51:30 Top 5 Tips How to Pick up Women by Duncan Idaho

57:58 Top 3 Quotes

#frank #herbert #dune #series #hexalogy #top #best #worst #list #duncan #idaho